tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post3663368350829920784..comments2017-12-05T03:30:29.496-05:00Comments on Aging Gratefully: Wood stove versus forelimbs and other body partsJunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-4104517125289621932014-12-07T19:42:12.357-05:002014-12-07T19:42:12.357-05:00But, I thought you could be friends with this new ...But, I thought you could be friends with this new stove. Luckily, my gas fireplaces light with a switch. Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984171407726520584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-60636895866599615092014-12-04T23:27:37.538-05:002014-12-04T23:27:37.538-05:00How the dickens did I miss this June! I&#39;ll hav...How the dickens did I miss this June! I&#39;ll have to liven my act up. <br />I thought I was the only person alive who has fire box stories and the scars to prove it! <br />Splinters, don&#39;t forget the splinters. And how about the creepy crawlies that inhabit the wood pile. Oh no, that&#39;s right we&#39;ve got all the nasties over here in Oz-tralia. <br />You&#39;ve got several months yets to notch up some more wounds. Start a group girl - I&#39;ll show you mine if you show me yours and all that. :)<br />All the battles are worth it, there&#39;s nothing like a wood fire! I miss a fire so much!!Rose ~ from Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908281749611280188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-29193142965936013262014-12-02T21:50:09.930-05:002014-12-02T21:50:09.930-05:00Oh, my goodness! And you haven&#39;t even mentione...Oh, my goodness! And you haven&#39;t even mentioned splinters and residual poison ivy vines... do take care! (I have a few of those burn scars myself...)Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-89536741808387387712014-12-02T18:51:45.757-05:002014-12-02T18:51:45.757-05:00Fire tongs. A couple of you have mentioned them. I...Fire tongs. A couple of you have mentioned them. I used them when we had fireplaces and I could grasp each piece of wood at its waist. They worked well for that. I&#39;m not sure I have the Paul Bunyan forearms for maneuvering firewood with tongs at the <i>ends</i> of the pieces.<br /><br />And thank you, Friko. Lovely of you to say you need me. Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-43503043945768455142014-12-02T17:03:39.805-05:002014-12-02T17:03:39.805-05:00What is wrong with you, have you never heard of fi...What is wrong with you, have you never heard of fire tongs? Then there are pokers and miniature shovels and other paraphernalia. The Brits have roasted themselves at open fires for millennia - hence their hot and cold nature - and they have the stoking of fires down to a fine art. <br /><br />Watch out before you turn into a cinder yourself. Now that you’ve rediscovered the joys of blogging I need you here, all present and unharmed.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-15714816016908954962014-12-01T13:43:33.452-05:002014-12-01T13:43:33.452-05:00Yikes. I&#39;d be approaching that beast with a cr...Yikes. I&#39;d be approaching that beast with a cross and holy water. Seriously though, might I suggest a pair of heavy gloves that reach up the forearm. Otherwise, you&#39;ll keep branding yourself like a prize heifer. *wink*<br />Carolynn Anctilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566204713508877389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-73864793709927157622014-12-01T10:33:37.020-05:002014-12-01T10:33:37.020-05:00Ouch! Sounds like you need finger grip asbestos gl...Ouch! Sounds like you need finger grip asbestos gloves for Christmas. And something stronger than what Hershey makes - with which to spike your coffee AFTER you tend the fire. Or perhaps a wood pellet stove. ;)<br /><br />I hope you&#39;re healing well and quickly.<br /><br />Oh and I just read back over the comments where you say you can&#39;t feel what you&#39;re doing with gloves. However if you develop enough scar tissue you won&#39;t feel what you&#39;re doing then either...Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-66806235939671172832014-12-01T09:42:41.635-05:002014-12-01T09:42:41.635-05:00Tongs, June, tongs..... and maybe learn to use fi...Tongs, June, tongs..... and maybe learn to use fire mitts.....long ones that come right up your arm! I bet you have some somewhere....<br /><br />But I&#39;m with you on the warmth from a log fire - nothing better for humans or beasts. We have to fight to get near ours to add more logs, the hearth rug being littered with comatose animals who are most reluctant to move.rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01398213417325683445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-23468253897458754932014-11-30T22:50:38.717-05:002014-11-30T22:50:38.717-05:00Tom . . . and then a third time when it cooks your...Tom . . . and then a third time when it cooks your flesh.Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-7197833028735750982014-11-30T21:17:39.384-05:002014-11-30T21:17:39.384-05:00Well, you know what they say about wood. It heats ...Well, you know what they say about wood. It heats you twice -- first when you chop it and split it and haul it; and then a second time when you burn it. Anyway, I wrestled with a wood stove for 15 years, but finally gave up. I&#39;m too old for that stuff now.Tom Sightingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-82210477365178011682014-11-30T21:00:12.363-05:002014-11-30T21:00:12.363-05:00OwowOW! That sounds painful. Glad to know your bra...OwowOW! That sounds painful. Glad to know your brain was in gear so that it wasn&#39;t worse. I haven&#39;t had to deal with a stove and fire like that, but you make it sound almost like a romantic adventure! :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-87151711754114035882014-11-30T18:53:12.313-05:002014-11-30T18:53:12.313-05:00S&amp;S, the perfect warmth is the reason I contin...S&amp;S, the perfect warmth is the reason I continue with this quest. There&#39;s nothing so comforting as the heat from a wood fire.<br /><br />Eileen, thank you for your good wishes. This latest will heal. By that time, something else will have happened to me. A sliver, at the least. But I&#39;m getting to be expert at splinter removal, too, so . . . no worries. Please don&#39;t suggest gloves. I can&#39;t use them because I can&#39;t feel what I&#39;m doing. I suppose even the burns are useful in that way...<br /><br />Olga, a danger to myself and others! As I recall, that was grounds for commitment to mental health care. Tell my husband! Quickly! It might be the first step to disability retirement! Yeehaw!Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-80844050292903284562014-11-30T18:19:35.642-05:002014-11-30T18:19:35.642-05:00Good grief, you are a danger to yourself and other...Good grief, you are a danger to yourself and others.<br />My wood stove is going unused now because I would have similar stories to tell if I tried to light it up myself. There have been jobs I was willing to take on, but others that I just won&#39;t.Olga Heberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-12974704544761476322014-11-30T17:52:55.877-05:002014-11-30T17:52:55.877-05:00Ouch! I haven&#39;t had a wood stove in over 35 y...Ouch! I haven&#39;t had a wood stove in over 35 years but I haven&#39;t forgotten how easily one could get burned.<br /><br />Hope it heals quickly!Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11508656442667275102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-6123754009351756292014-11-30T16:58:41.921-05:002014-11-30T16:58:41.921-05:00Having watched quite a few people pit their wits a...Having watched quite a few people pit their wits against wood stoves , I have every sympathy with you .<br />But I&#39;m still envious ... there&#39;s nothing like them for toasting one&#39;s toes .SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.com